In honor of "All My Children’s" upcoming 40th anniversary in 2010, talk show host Kelly Ripa and her husband, actor Mark Consuelos, will make a special guest return to the soap on Jan. 4-5, reports the Associated Press.

Ripa and Consuelos met on the soap and will return as their characters, Hayley and Mateo. According to Ripa, she will share behind-the-scenes footage next month of their return to their roots on "Live With Regis and Kelly."

— Allison J. Waldman